Small businesses provide backbone for local (Starting small business) economy

Small businesses provide backbone for local economy
Waterloo Cedar-Falls Courier - WATERLOO --- Rich Glaspie has been working long hours at the Penny Pantry grocery store, 200 E. Fourth St., for quite some time. Some days he spends all day at the store, sees his wife and four kids for a few hours, then returns at 9 p.m. to work

Just because a stock fund is quarter's best doesn't make it a winner
USA Today - The business world follows a schedule that rivals the Mayan calendar for precision. You get annual and semiannual reports, monthly and weekly economic statistics from the government and quarterly stock mutual fund reports, too. Unlike the Mayan

Green markets flourish across Palm Beach County, but number of small
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel - As the green market season comes to a close this month, the popularity of the open-air emporiums remains as strong as ever, which has put event organizers across the county in a thorny position. The number of green markets in Palm Beach County has

Foundation Giving for 2006 Shows Signs of Slowing, Report Suggests
Chronicle of Philanthropy - Total giving by grant makers in the United States hit a record $33.6-billion in 2005, but sluggish investment returns on assets signal a dull forecast for giving in 2006, said a new report released by the Foundation Center, in New York. The annual

Export bank urged to do more for small firms
Birmingham Business Journal - Critics say the Export-Import Bank needs to do a better job of helping small businesses finance export sales. The bank, an independent federal agency, also needs to make sure its deals don't undercut U.S. manufacturers by enabling foreign producers

Water works: Small sewage systems worry some
Delaware County Daily Times - Like to gamble? Well, if you live in a part of Delaware County that gets its drinking water from the Springton Lake Reservoir, soon all you ll have to do is fill a glass from the faucet. That s the concern of some officials, who say sewage from

Small Business Briefs
Louisville Courier-Journal - A University of Texas professor is inviting Louisville-area entrepreneurs to participate in an online survey about the impact of education on the creation and success of business ventures. The entrepreneurship, education and business performance

Small town leaders wear many hats
West Central Tribune - HAMPTON, Minn. As mayor, advertising salesman and founder of the Hampton News, Tim Skog wears many hats in the city of Hampton, a few too many for the liking of some readers, who see a situation rife with potential conflicts of interest. "If the

Researchers build tiny batteries with viruses
PhysOrg - MIT scientists have harnessed the construction talents of tiny viruses to build ultra-small "nanowire" structures for use in very thin lithium-ion batteries. By manipulating a few genes inside these viruses, the team was able to coax the organisms to